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Albert Petersen: The National Rifle Association resorts to dirty tactics

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01/18/2013 01:00:00 AM MST

President Obama is a hypocrite, according to the National Rifle Association, because his daughters get armed Secret Service protection and yours don't. Seriously?

Then I get a call last night from the NRA where after listening to a spiel by NRA president Wayne LaPierre I am told that the government is trying to take away my guns. Now, I have been following this debate closely and no one has said anything about taking away anyone's guns.

There is a reasonable proposal to stop the sale of military style assault rifles and those oversize magazines that are great if you are killing a group of school children but, serve little purpose in hunting or home defense unless of course you like your venison steak to look like Swiss cheese.

It is obvious to me that the NRA has a very weak position if they have to resort to lies and distortions to achieve their goals. Reasonable gun owners should stand up for reasonable solutions and tell the NRA to back off.

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